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Veyis Ateş Appears in Court: ‘Mehmet Akif Apologized to Me and Asked for My Blessing’

From Hürriyet · () Turkish

Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News Named sources In the courts
  • Former Habertürk editor-in-chief Veyis Ateş appeared in court in a drug case.
  • Ateş said he encountered Mehmet Akif in prison and that Akif apologized, saying he had been forced to give evidence claiming Ateş introduced him to drugs.

Former Habertürk editor-in-chief Veyis Ateş appeared in court in a case involving drugs.

Mehmet Akif apologized to me and asked for my blessing

· Veyis AteşAteş’s account of what Mehmet Akif told him in prison.

In his defence, Ateş said he encountered Mehmet Akif in prison. He quoted Akif as apologizing, saying he had been forced to testify that Ateş introduced him to drugs, and asking Ateş for his forgiveness and blessing.

I did not know what drugs were. Veyis Ateş got me started

· Mehmet AkifThe earlier statement that Ateş said Akif later claimed he had been forced to give.
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